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"And in Oakbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, ICE is moving into the Oakbrook Gateway, an office building located near both a Bright Horizons daycare center and a hospice center."
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:12 PM
"And in Oakbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, ICE is moving into the Oakbrook Gateway, an office building located near both a Bright Horizons daycare center and a hospice center."
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Reminder: the Dems aren't "doing nothing", they're doing exactly what they want to be doing. They're not failing to be opposition, they're succeeding at staying in power as part of a fascist regime.
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Reminder: the Dems aren't "doing nothing", they're doing exactly what they want to be doing. They're not failing to be opposition, they're succeeding at staying in power as part of a fascist regime.
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Chicago, I don't ask you for much, just more accountability of CPD, more taxes on the super wealthy, no Paul Vallas types as mayor and naming a snowplow Abolish Ice. Let's make this happen.
Everyone else go home — this is the year we secure ABOLISH ICE on a Chicago Snowplow
chicagoshovels.org
chicagoshovels.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Chicago, I don't ask you for much, just more accountability of CPD, more taxes on the super wealthy, no Paul Vallas types as mayor and naming a snowplow Abolish Ice. Let's make this happen.
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Border Patrol agents continue to be active in the northwest Chicago suburbs this afternoon. A large number of agents were heckled by onlookers in a BP gas station in Niles, IL.
The agents left as quickly as they came - one of their vehicles leaving the lot had no back license plate.
The agents left as quickly as they came - one of their vehicles leaving the lot had no back license plate.
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Border Patrol agents continue to be active in the northwest Chicago suburbs this afternoon. A large number of agents were heckled by onlookers in a BP gas station in Niles, IL.
The agents left as quickly as they came - one of their vehicles leaving the lot had no back license plate.
The agents left as quickly as they came - one of their vehicles leaving the lot had no back license plate.
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My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.
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In Elgin, ICE agents have been in a standoff with the community as they’re trying to arrest a man. Here’s an altercation between the feds and residents ending with arrest and pepper spray. Video from Sophia Peterson
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In Elgin, ICE agents have been in a standoff with the community as they’re trying to arrest a man. Here’s an altercation between the feds and residents ending with arrest and pepper spray. Video from Sophia Peterson
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Toys to matter! Presents do matter--to kids and to parents. Please help us send about 120 more gifts to moms & dads in Cook County Jail so they can ensure their kids receive something this holiday season. bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025
December 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Toys to matter! Presents do matter--to kids and to parents. Please help us send about 120 more gifts to moms & dads in Cook County Jail so they can ensure their kids receive something this holiday season. bit.ly/HolidaySolidarity2025
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New edition from Pete Railand! "A Woody Guthrie quote for our times. Perfect for a public facing window or take it out on the town for a march.
4 color screen print from hand-cut rubylith film."
Find it in our shop! justseeds.org/product/all-...
4 color screen print from hand-cut rubylith film."
Find it in our shop! justseeds.org/product/all-...
December 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
New edition from Pete Railand! "A Woody Guthrie quote for our times. Perfect for a public facing window or take it out on the town for a march.
4 color screen print from hand-cut rubylith film."
Find it in our shop! justseeds.org/product/all-...
4 color screen print from hand-cut rubylith film."
Find it in our shop! justseeds.org/product/all-...
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It is not a stretch at this point to say that, if you are using a Ring doorbell, you are an ICE collaborator.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
remember that your ring doorbell starts using face recognition on every face it sees today :)
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It is not a stretch at this point to say that, if you are using a Ring doorbell, you are an ICE collaborator.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
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Residents of the Loop, Chicago’s downtown area, live on average until they are 87. In the West Garfield Park neighborhood, the average is 67. (via @wbez.org)
There’s a 20-year life expectancy gap in Chicago. Many of these deaths are preventable.
West Garfield Park residents are expected to live on average until 67 years old, compared to Loop residents living to age 87. This is widest death gap in Chicago and the biggest gap of any big U.S. city, the most recent data shows.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Residents of the Loop, Chicago’s downtown area, live on average until they are 87. In the West Garfield Park neighborhood, the average is 67. (via @wbez.org)
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Community Action: ICE Out of The Home Depot Monrovia, CA
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Community Action: ICE Out of The Home Depot Monrovia, CA
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I'm proud to be marching this upcoming Black Friday alongside the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, @ctulocal1.bsky.social and dozens of other orgs and unions to unite the boycott campaigns against Amazon, AT&T and Target, and demand that big corporations pay their share of taxes.
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'm proud to be marching this upcoming Black Friday alongside the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, @ctulocal1.bsky.social and dozens of other orgs and unions to unite the boycott campaigns against Amazon, AT&T and Target, and demand that big corporations pay their share of taxes.
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It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
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"It disgusts me to see [ICE] throwing tear gas on the Southeast Side and ripping people out of their homes," said State Senator Robert Peters at our AT&T rally last week. "ICE is disgusting, and AT&T needs to drop them." Thank you for urging AT&T to drop its contracts with ICE!
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"It disgusts me to see [ICE] throwing tear gas on the Southeast Side and ripping people out of their homes," said State Senator Robert Peters at our AT&T rally last week. "ICE is disgusting, and AT&T needs to drop them." Thank you for urging AT&T to drop its contracts with ICE!
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This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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This op-ed glosses over 2020 and the Gaza protests too quickly. You can't understand why so many young people aren't in the streets without a deep dive into both.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This op-ed glosses over 2020 and the Gaza protests too quickly. You can't understand why so many young people aren't in the streets without a deep dive into both.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
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No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
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A bunch of newly activated people in Chicago need to read this. A troubling number of people believe the police "are on our side" because they have largely followed the law and orders they've been given about not helping ICE. The police will never be "on our side." Sometimes, they're just reined in.
In case you wanted to know what was going through the heads of some Chicago police as the feds throw tear gas and make arrests throughout the city, Jeremy Gorner and I have you covered here. What they have to say may surprise you.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/26/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/26/c...
Chicago police find themselves in difficult spots as wave of federal immigration enforcement continues
On at least two occasions, CPD personnel responding to standoffs between neighbors and federal agents have found themselves tear-gassed alongside residents as agents react to thrown objects and sho…
www.chicagotribune.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A bunch of newly activated people in Chicago need to read this. A troubling number of people believe the police "are on our side" because they have largely followed the law and orders they've been given about not helping ICE. The police will never be "on our side." Sometimes, they're just reined in.
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Organized Communities Against Deportations has launched a new mutual aid fund to support immigrant families in Chicago impacted by ICE raids
Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025
Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025
October 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Organized Communities Against Deportations has launched a new mutual aid fund to support immigrant families in Chicago impacted by ICE raids
Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025
Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025
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Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.
October 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.
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I've mentioned this before but it bears repeating. Don't leave FSA funds on the table at the end of the year. LOTS of places like homeless shelters etc... would love donations of FSA eligible items. For the past 2 years, I've used left over funds to shop here: fsastore.com - then donate the items.
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October 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I've mentioned this before but it bears repeating. Don't leave FSA funds on the table at the end of the year. LOTS of places like homeless shelters etc... would love donations of FSA eligible items. For the past 2 years, I've used left over funds to shop here: fsastore.com - then donate the items.